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Jet engines can "eat" a lot of stuff before failing, and exploding, like in the movies. They're 3,000 degree incinerators with giant 30,000 RPM food processors
by TheRealDunkirk 9y ago
Jet engines can "eat" a lot of stuff before failing, and exploding, like in the movies. They're 3,000 degree incinerators with giant 30,000 RPM food processors in front and back. I'd be more worried about the slide wrapping over the wing, and fouling the control surfaces. Surely plane engineers have thought through this scenario though, and have some mitigation strategies in the design?
- greenyoda 9y agoFlight 1549, which famously landed on the Hudson River in 2009, had its engines disabled by ingesting a few geese: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Airways_Flight_1549 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Airways_Flight_1549
- TheRealDunkirk 9y agoDefine "few" and I'll define "a lot". ;-)